Arthrodytes
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Arthrodytes Temporal range: Late Eocene–Early Oligocene |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Sphenisciformes |
| Family: | Spheniscidae |
| Subfamily: | Paraptenodytinae |
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Arthrodytes Ameghino, 1905 |
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Arthrodytes andrewsi (type) |
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Arthrodytes andrewsi (type)
Arthrodytes is an extinct genus of penguins which contains a single species, whose remains have been recovered from the San Julian Formation (Late Eocene to Early Oligocene) of Patagonia.
Together with the related genus Paraptenodytes, they form the subfamily Paraptenodytinae, which is not an ancestor of modern penguins.
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